Copley Connects -Spring 2022

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L to R: Christopher Redo, Holleman Foundation Trustee; Dr. Theresa S. Byrd, Dean of the University Library; Dr. Hugh Ellis, Professor of Biology; Sandra Ciallella, Associate Vice President of Development; Mary Whelan, Executive Director of University Design and Collections

Holleman Legacy Continues By Martha Adkins, Reference and Instruction Librarian This spring, Copley Library faculty, staff, and stu dent assistants gathered with a representative of the Holleman Foundation and members of our campus community for a ceremony and recep tion to dedicate the Roy and Marian Holleman Quiet Study Room, located on the second level of Copley Library, just off the Mother Rosalie Hill Reading Room. We were joined in this celebra tion by Christopher Redo, trustee of the Holleman Foundation; Sandra Ciallella, Associate Vice President of Development; Mary Whelan, Executive

Initiatives, wrote about this history for an article in the Spring 2015 issue Copley Connects , “The Legacy of Roy and Marian Holleman.” The Hollemans were librarians for the University of San Diego, Roy serving as Head Librarian and Marian as a cata-loger, then Head Librarian after Roy’s passing in 1969. Marian continued to serve as Head Librarian, then University Librarian, until her retirement in 1988. The Holleman Foundation was created after Marian’s death in 2010, and has been a benefactor to Copley Library since that time, providing finan- cial support for library resources in a variety of subject areas, as

Director of University Design & Collections; and Hugh Ellis, Professor of Biology. The Holleman Foundation has a history of supporting Copley Library dating back to the days of the stewardship of Roy and Marian Holleman. In 2015, Diane Maher, Head of Archives, Special Collections, and Digital

well as support for our student assistants. The Foundation has en dowed a scholarship fund for these student assistants, the first of which was awarded in 2015. Since that first year, the Foundation has awarded scholar ships to 34 students.

Dr. Theresa S. Byrd and Christopher Redo at the dedication of the Roy and Marian Holleman Quiet Study Room.

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